Tobacco-pipe filler and pouch for use therewith.



DI a'. TGBAGGO PIPE FILLER AND POUCH FOB USB THEREWITB. A'PPI'IUATXOE FILED APBJG, 19-

1,104,068. Patented Ju1y21, 1914.

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Inventor .lttorlwy 11E lloiils Rill Lb. lll-mami, o l.

DowNEs ELLAND Nonroinor LONDON, ENGLAND.

TOBACCO-PIPE FILLER AND POUCH FOR USE THERE'WITH.

To all 'whom it may concern: y y

Be it known that I, DowNns ELIANDVNOR.- TON, a subject/of the King o'f Great Britain 'and reland, residing at VvLaurel Dene, Hampton Hill, London, S. WV., England,

gentleman, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Relating to f; Tobacco-Pipe Fillers and Pouches for Use Therewith, specification. Y c

This invention relates to tobacco pipellers and pouchesv for use therewith, andhas for its object to provide simple means for effectively lling a pipe without the necesof which the following is a sity of the use of tobacco made up intoV cartridges.

According to the invention a pipe ller is provided consisting of a' cylindrical member having a cutting edge by which a pipeV charge may be cut from a packet or block of tobacco, and a' plunger fitting within Y `the cylindrical .member by which the sitions serving as a handle by which the cy- `charge may be pressed home intothe pipe bowl. Means are provided whereby the plunger may be retained in the rearward posit-ion or at-an intermediate position in the cylindrical member iny order to permit a full charge or small charge ofl tobacco to be cut as may be required, the vprojecting eX- tremity of the plunger in either of these polindrical member may be operated as a cutlter.

vable aperture into which thepipe` filler may According to the invention also a receptacle is provided for tobacco having a suit-4 be tted whilefthe receptacle is closed.

The invention is illustrated, by way of example in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l .is la sectional Aview of a pipe filler according to the invention, in the open position. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a I niodied form of the pipe filler. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a further modification of the pipe filler in the open position.4 Fig.

-ing thereto.

4iis a view corresponding thereto, showingV In carrying the invention into effect according to one modification as illustrated Specification of Letters Patent.

. vApplication led April 14, 1911.

of' the cylindrical p Patented July ai, 1914; seriai No. 621,077. i

in ig. l thel cylindrical member ar is provided as an open-ended tube, one endof which is provided with a cutting edge al by which, upon pressing the said member into -a block or packet of tobacco, a pipe charge may be cut. One or morestops may be pro-- vided upon the tube adjacent the cutting edgeto contact with the edge ofthe pipe bowl when the charge is being transferred and' thus prevent the member a fromen- -tering the pipe bowl. Y 1 f A cyli drical plunger?) of the fulllength v memberV and `provided with a handle or head b1 at one end is adapted to slide within the cylindricalmember for the purpose of ejecting the charge of tobaccontherefrom into the pipe bowl, and

lanA 'outerfsleeve member e may befixed to the head 1. and be adapted to slide o n the outer surface of the cylindrical member a.

A leaf spring or equivalent resilient device may be let yinto the surface of the plunger so as to Contact with theinterior of the cylindrical member a to prevent the plunger from moving loosely therein. v o

A longitudinal slot c is advantageously providedin' the plunger?) with which may engage a projecting pin or the like c1 mounted upon .the cylindrical member av so that` the lmovement ofthe plunger in each direction is limited by thecontact of the pin with the respective ends of theslot.

4At the end of the longitudinal slot near the cutting edge of the cylindrical `member a there is provided 'a short substantially transverse slot c2, with which 'uponv slight yrotation of the plunger, the pin c1y may bey engaged and thus retain the plunger in itsv rearward position while acharge of tobacco l is cut, the forward end' of the plunger serving to determine the size of the charge.y

In themodiication illustrated in Fig. :2, in order to provide for cutting charges of several diiferentsizes, the plunger is provided-with a spring catch or pin d1 mounted ina slot or recess therein and adapted to engage with` one of a series of holes or recesses Z2 lformed in the member a, the size of charge cut being determined according to which of the holes or recesses d? is engaged'by the catch or pin d1. v Suitablenieans may be provided to prevent relative-` rotational movement of the member zz and plunger o, such, for example, as a pin and slot device.

A slightly dilierent construction to those liereinbe'for'e described is shown in Figs. 3 and l. rlhe cylindrical member c is provided relatively short and is engaged with a plunger Z) and outer sleeve c of corresponding length by means of a pin and slot device as described with reference to 1Fig. l ot the drawings. cylindrical handle portion f is mounted to telescope upon the said sleeve and is retained in itsextended position by means of an internally projecting pin f1 engaging` in the transverse portion of the slot inthe sleeve c. By such a construction the length of the device may bey reduced when not in use as the handle portion may be "telescoped upon the plunger' sleeve, and the ylindrical 'member telescoped between the sleeve and they plunger. l'

The plunger may be provided hollovv as a receptacle for matches or other articles and a` 'pin b4 may be carried in the head b1- for the purpose of cleaning pipes, -which pin, may be received into the plunger.'

It Will be understood that the `connecting pin c1 may alternatively be carried by the plunger b to engage a slot c formed in the cylindrical member a; lf, however, the capacity for cutting charges of difierent size is of n'o importance', the pin or slot device may I be replaced by a simple yspring catch carried by the plunger or outer sleeve adapted to engage the inner extremity of the meinber a. 1t may prove advantageous in cases Where the plunger or plunger head is provided as a receptacle for matches to form the head end of the plunger *andy member a of an increased diameter.

Asuitable pouch for use 4With the filler is illustrated in Figsvand 6 of the accomy panying drawings.

' in any convenient` Way and the pipe filler' A receptacle or pouch g of indiarubber is provided having at: the top or side a circular aperture or ring g1 Which may be fitted around the pipe iller or 'into which the pipe liller may be introduced. This aperture or ring maybe lined Witha metallic ring h to which the indiarubber or material of the receptacle or pouch may be secured may conveniently lit this ring in such manner as to bel capable'ofready removal. For

this purpose the ring may be split or slotted as attl t cause itto contractslightly upon the iiller.All f The pouch may be provided with an aper- 't'ure" (/2 through which tobaccomay be introduced and such aperture maybe closed by a tlap "g3 secured 'at each side to the body of the pouch andl adapted to be turned back to expose the ap`erture.` The ring'h or tit` tingmay alternatively be formed as a lazy-A tongs device so that'the aperture is capable vof being enlarged as maytbe required for the introduction of the tobacco into the pouch or re'ceptacle and such a ring may be provided With any convenient means for locking it in its closed position.

TW hat 1 claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A pipe filler, consisting of an openended cylinder member of a diameter corresponding to that or' the internal bore of a pipe, said cylinder member having a cutting `odge at one end adapted to receive and cut a charge of tobacco, a second cylinder member disposed Within the first cylinder member and adapted to act as a plunger, and means consisting ot a bayonet slot and pin for connecting the said cylinder members together so that pressure may be applied through the second cylinder member for cutting the charge and `filling it into the open end of the first cylinder member, said means permitting the disconnection of the respective cylinder members so that the' charge of tobacco cut and received into the open end of the first cylinder member may be discharged, by the movement of the sec ond cylinder member, into the bowl of the pipe, substantially as described.

2. A pipe filler, consisting of an openended cylinder member of a diameter corresponding to that of the internal bore of a pipe, said cylinder member having a cutting edge at one end adapted to receive and cut a charge of tobacco, a second cylinder member disposed Within the lirst cylinder member and adapted to act as a plunger7 means consisting of a bayonet slot and pin t'or connecting the said cylinder members together so that pressure may be applied through the second cylinder member for cutting the charge and illing it into the open end ot the lirst cylinder member, said means permitting the vdisconnection of the respective cylinder members so that the charge of tobacco cut and received into the' `open end of the iirst cylinder member may be discharged, by the movement of the second cylinder member, into the bowl of the pipe, and said means also permitting of cutting and producing charges of various size', substantially as described.

3. A pipeller, consisting of an openended cylinder member of a diameter corresponding to that of the internal bore of a pipe, said cylinder' member having a cutting edge at one'end adapted to receive and cut a charge of tobacco, a second cylinder member disposed Within the iirst cylinder member and adapted to act as a plunger, means' consisting of a bayonet slot and pin for connecting` the said cylinder members together so that pressure may be applied through the second cylinder member for :cutting the charge and filling it into the open end of the first cylinder member,` said means permitting the disconnection of the respective cylinder members so that the In testimony whereof AI have hereunto charge of tobacco cut and received into the signed my name to this specification in the' open end of the first cylinder member may presence of tWo subscribin@ Witnesses;

b be discharged by the movement of the sec- DOWNES ELLAND NORTON. ond cylinder member into the bowl of the Witnesses: pipe, and a receptaelefor the tobacco t0 be WILLIAM EDWARD EVANS, ont,4 substantially as described. LIONEL ERNEST BUssEY.

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